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TROTSKY INJURED IN ATTACK ON HOME; LEON TROTSKY AND HOME IN MEXICO WHERE HE WAS ATTACKED

Times Wide World, 1939 ();

May 25, 1940,

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MEXICO CITY, May 24--Leon Trotsky had a narrow escape from death when about twenty men disguised as Mexican policemen burst into his house early this morning and sprayed the bedroom he shares with Mrs. Trotsky with bullets from Thompson sub-machine guns.

May 25, 1940

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